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winnie wrote:spa zuiver is lovely

Have a look http://www.spazuiver.nl/en/facilities/

Next visit, I'll surely get to this.
It costs about 30 euro, spa deco is 21.

went to Spa Deco and loved it. I also made it to Spa Deco, and it was good. They have lots of massage and water spaces, and then lots of little corners and hideaways where you can just lay down or sleep. Being able to lay quietly is exactly what I want when my mind is travelling so fast, and all I ...

Well, it was a tuesday night, and I went for a swim at the marnix baths. It was full, and she was going to turn me away, but then I asked about the nude swim. Yes, there were spaces for that, so I got in. While changing for the nude swim, a friendly local began to speak with me. After my usual "...

hey geekymonkey and troup, it's j here, aka jerelo. yes that was a wonderful 'pub crawl'. I did get that wonderful, long lasting, mellow and engaged feeling - mainly from the hash I think. I had a great time talking, but my favorite experience was us walking - often single file through a crowd - as ...

I'm getting a picture of the landscape - tolerance in local communities, surrounded by communities that tolerate other things, and not that. It's a new concept for me in some ways. North American concepts seem to me to say that we all (in a country) live under the same laws, and you don't get except...

Nice and reassuring, thanks. I've never considered sun glasses, but sure, why not, just in case. Going to galleries high sounds like my plan too. And re age, 53. Familiar with San Fransisco Portland and Vancouver's West Coast cultural norms - also relatively relaxed with it - so I also expect I'll d...

Found the Koan Float http://www.koanfloat.nl/EN/home
the Spa Deco http://www.saunadeco.nl/engels/index4.html
and the Marnix pool with a nude swim http://www.hetmarnix.nl/front_content.php?idcat=1333

I heard there is a large Turkish community, maybe they have some baths....

Not Dutch, chavs are a British phenomenom. Amsterdam is popular among these types for stag parties and 'lads' holidays because of the red light district. Probably the UK's worst export. Thanks for clarifying, got it. And I guess a few chavs get stoned (probably more likely drunk), and piss off loca...

One of my favorite things to do, if I'm high, is to relax in warm water, stretch, float, swim, and rest to read. Places like that are great out in nature, but in cities you can also find great pools, spas, and so on. I was hoping to ask if anyone can recommend some places you've found and enjoyed in...

just visit before forming all these judgements. I like exploring the pre imagination of a new country. Sorry if you were offended by my play. And as far as reading in to the graffiti, using my own imagination, of course I realize I'm going "waay too far". We're talking about the dreaming ...

\It annoys me when I walked around that there were some english stereotypical 'chavs' running around making noise and terrorizing the locals. Wow, totally new cultural reference here, to chavs. A quick trip to wikipedia shows chavs refer to youth, typically confrontational and power tripping. Seeme...

I was in a tram and overheard locals talking about how the coffeshop scene was "So Old!" I knew I kinda stunk because I joint I put out in my pocket to save for later. They didn't say it directly to me, but I felt like they were talking about me. I might have been paranoid. Nope, doesn't ...

Thanks all. I've got a better sense of it now. Sounds like it's tolerated within coffeeshops, and tolerated if discrete in public, but there's still an enforced limit about open use in public. Good to know.

Ok, thanks for the link to S G Collins work. It was fun to read and generally informative, but as Collins doesn't like weed, it gives little insight into how locals generally think about highness. I get the idea that parks and canal benches are fine, and can certainly read the crowd. But what do you...

I'm a totally green visitor on my first visit to Amsterdam. I just got my book on things to explore, but I'm also planning on just walking around freely. It's exciting learning about the fun things to do there, and I just hope that it's ok to be high (in a relaxed 'normal' way) in the general Amster...